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N0. 6|2,9|5. Patented Oct. 25, I898. P. B. SOHUBERT &. A. STELZENMOLLER.

SUPPORTING TABLE FOR MACHINE TOOLS.

(Ag pplication filed Dan. 23, 1897.)

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SUPPORTING TABLE FUR MACHINE TOOLS (Application filed Dec. 23, 1897.) (NO' Model.) 2 Shests8heet 2 .zawmam L/Za;

rm: norms PETERS co, FHOTO-UTHO WASHINGTON u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL RICHARD SOHUBERT AND ANDREAS STELZENMULLER, OF OHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

SUPPORTING-TABLE FOR MACHINE-TOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,915, dated October 25, 1898 Application filed December 23,1897. Serial No. 663,240. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL RICHARD SCHU- BERT, a subject of the King of Saxony, and ANDREAS STELzENMiiLLER, a subject of the King of Wiirtemberg, residents of Ohemnitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Supporting-Tables for Machine-Tools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectof the present invention is to provide a work-holding table or support for drilling, shaping, and cutting machines which is adjustable in five ways; and the invention consists of the details of construction hereinafter set forth, and particularly described in the claim.

In order to render the present specification more easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 an end elevation, and Fig. 4 avertical central section, partly in elevation, of one form of embodying the invention.

An adjustable clamping-sleeve a is adapted to be vertically adjusted on the column a, and to this clamping-sleeve is attached a horizontal bar I) by any suitable means, such as a flange and studs 0 c or the like. This bar is hollow and provided with a slot along its upper side through which a stud f, Fig. 4, projects upwardly. This stud is screwed into anut h, adjustable on a horizontal screwspindle 7c, mounted in suitable bearings in the hollowbar b. The said screw-spindle is provided with a hand-wheel by means of which the nut, and with the same the stud f, may be horizontally adjusted on the spindle.

A collar 01 fits conveniently around the bar b and has an upper horizontal disk formed thereon, on which fits a lower disk of a rotary table 6, said table being centered on the stud 5 f and adjustable thereon in any desired position by means of a clamping-screw g with handle-bar, which screw fits or engages w1th its end in an annular recess in the sald stud f. The screw-spindle k may be turned by means of the hand-wheel t.

In order to adjust the table or support 6 to any desired position, several series of holes are provided around its periphery, as shown at Fig. 4, and'an arm Z is mounted on the collar (1, extending outwardly and being turned upwardly, so as to support in its upward end a spring-bolt '21, said bolt 01 being carried by a sleeve m, which is vertically adjustable in the end of said arm Z, any suitable means being employed to adjust the said sleeve vertically. Thus, for instance, notches may be made in the arm into which the pin of the movable part of the detent-bolt m it engages.

The bolt 92 is horizontally movable within the sleeve and is normally held in engagement with one or other of the holes in the table-disk by means of a spiral spring. (Not shown in the drawings, but arranged in the ordinary well-known manner.) When the head 0 of the detent-bolt n is drawn back by hand, the forward end of the same will be disengaged from the orifices of the disk, and on releasing the bolt the same will be actuated forward by means of its spring and engage the hole opposite its advancing end. A similar detent arrangement is formed on the hollow bar 12, as clearly shown at Figs. 1 and 2. The same arrangement may also be applied in connection with the clamping-sleeve a, if desired.

The rows of holes in the edge of the disk are arranged so that the upper row are closest together, the next row below having holes somewhat wider apart, and so on, the holes of the lowest row being farthest apart.

From the above description it will be seen that the table or support may be adjusted in five waysfirst, vertically on the column a; second, horizontally along the hollow bar 1); third, around the said bar I); fourth, on its own central pivot, and, fifth, around the column a.

The bar I) is revolubly mounted in the clamp a, said bar having a flange a over which washers of the stud c grip. By loosening the said studs the bar may be turned and then tightened in any desired position. A pointer and scale may be provided on the parts a and a*, from which the degree of adjustment may be read off.

We claim as our invention The combination of a vertical column, a

series of holes arranged as specified into one of which said bolt may engage and means for adjusting said bolt vertically in the end of I 5 the arm substantially as described. In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL RICHARD SOHUBERT. ANDREAS STELZENMULLER. Witnesses:

PAUL FABIAN, EUGEN NABEL. 

